Section 4760.1 Of Article 6. Refusal Of Registration From California Vehicle Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 6.
4760.1
. (a) The department shall, before renewing the registration
of any vehicle, check the driver's license record of all registered
owners for conviction of traffic violations and traffic accidents.
(b) The department shall, before renewing the registration of any
vehicle, check the driver's license record of all registered owners
for notices filed with the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 40509 and notices that the licensee has failed to pay a
lawfully imposed fine, penalty, assessment, or bail within the time
authorized by the court for any violation which is required to be
reported pursuant to Section 1803 and shall refuse to renew the
registration of the vehicle if the driver's license record of any
registered owner has any such outstanding notices to appear or
failures to pay a court ordered fine, unless the department has
received a certificate issued by the magistrate or clerk of the court
hearing the case in which the promise was given showing that the
case has been adjudicated or unless the registered owner's record is
cleared as provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 41500) of
Division 17. In lieu of the certificate of adjudication, a notice
from the court stating that the original records have been lost or
destroyed shall permit the department to renew the registration.
(c) Any notice received by the department pursuant to Section
40509 which has been on file five years may be removed from the
department records and destroyed, in the discretion of the
department.
(d) In lieu of the certificate of adjudication or a notice from
the court, the department shall with the consent of all registered
owners collect the amounts which it has been notified are due
pursuant to Sections 40509 and 40509.5, and authorized to be
collected pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 14910) of
Chapter 5 of Division 6.